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Volume 24, August 2012
Non-fiction | Japan
Web Exclusive: Does Murakami deserve the Nobel? Dreux Richard and Matsugu Miho
Matsugu and Richard argue the merits in advance of the Nobel announcement.
Fiction | India
Windows Madhvi Ramani

When Mrs Sharma found herself locked out of forty-two Foley Feild – yes, that is Feild, not Field – her first instinct was to cry, which was ridiculous because Mrs Sharma rarely cried.

     The last time she had cried was right after her hysterectomy, but that was on purpose.

Non-fiction | China
Becoming a Stinking Public Intellectual Han Han
A GROWING STENCH has been gathering around the words ‘public intellectual’ – and by association, the label ‘intellectual’. This sullying of public intellectuals seems to have occurred in the last two years. I remember when many magazines would crown an annual ‘public intellectual’ – I’ve received the honour myself – but then, at some point, the term began to be used as an insult. Even in a debate where everyone’s obviously a public intellectual, one side only has to accuse the other of being public intellectuals and the latter must concede the battle and admit defeat.
Fiction | China
from Yu Li: Confessions of an Elevator Operator Jimmy Qi

One day Wang the Third, who had left for the city a year earlier, returned to their town. He asked stay-at-home Yu Li if he wanted to leave and go to work in the capital, adding that by great good fortune he knew of an elevator-operating team that might just be short of one operator.

     ‘What’s an elevator?’ Yu Li asked.

Fiction | South Korea
His First Love Bae Suah
WEB-ONLY: a compelling and tragic story from award-winning Korean writer Bae Suah. Translated by Deborah Smith
Art | India
Time Dave Besseling
Reflections of identity from The Liquid Refuses to Ignite
Art | China
Portraits Fang Hui
from the artist's Youth series
Art | Japan
Mirrors Tomoko Sawada
Self-portraits in disguise
From The Editor
Memoir | Asia
Crossing Continents Anu Anand unravels the complexities of her identity
Essay | China
The Road to a Better Life Ananth Krishnan tells the story of Alim, a Uyghur student from Xinjiang whose eyes are opened by an iconoclastic professor in Beijing
Interview | USA
Interview: Kip Fulbeck The ALR interviews the founder of The Hapa Project
Interview | Japan
Interview: Donald Keene Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore in conversation with Donald Keene about taking up Japanese citizenship
Non-fiction | China
Voices from Tibet Tibetan activists Tsering Woeser and Wang Lixiong keep their country's traditions alive
Non-fiction | Japan
Japan's 'Don't miss the bus' mentality Can Japan change its perception of itself?
Non-fiction | Asia
Too Asian, Not Asian Enough Kavita Bhanot on British Asian identity
Non-fiction | Sri Lanka
Jaffna 2012 Romesh Gunesekera visits Jaffna after the war
Non-fiction | Japan
Review: The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura
Non-fiction | Singapore
Review: The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Non-fiction | Pakistan
Review: Orphan of Islam by Alexander Khan
Non-fiction | Malaysia
Web-Only Review: When All the Lights Are Stripped Away, by Sunil Nair
Thailand Rainbow Days Win Lyovarin
South Korea Elephant Kim Jae Young
Japan Katydid Dazai Osamu
India Irrelevant Details Avantika Mehta
Taiwan Dance of the Maiden Tsao Li-chuan
Indonesia from Running Dogs Ruby J. Murray
Reza Mohammadi, Tishani Doshi, Akerke Mussabekova, Minoli Salgado
 
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